Hehe... I hope you enjoy GTA as much as I have. I havn't gotten into Vice City as much b/c my videocard needs upgrading. But both are excelent games.

As for me I havn't purchaced any new games recently. But for the first time in a while I have some on my wish list (besides the usual HL2 and Halo2 ) Mario Kart DoubleDash!! comes out next week I believe and F-Zero GX is already out. Mario Kart is one of my alltime favorite games so I have been really looking foward to it.

Well, I prepaid MK DD a couple of months ago. So I think I'm right there with 'ya!

Got the broadband adapters a month or so back for multi-cube hookup (we've got 2 in the house so far). Will be running the networking cable this weekend. Just got in a new Wavebird (Japanese exclusive model) as I didn't have 4 controllers for my 'cube. And thinking of setting up a third 'cube setup as well...

I recently got Morrowind GOTY edition. I haven't really got a chance to get into it a lot, but am anxious to see the expansion stuff. Also not too long ago got Baulder's Gate Dark Alliance. Really cool game, but not a lot of replay value. I also got Splinter Cell and KOTOR, but haven't really got into either of them much yet. With winter setting in, it will be a great time to start on these games. Way to many great ones coming out for Xbox for me to keep up right now.

Duh! It's for the 'box! I almost never buy anything for my P2- the only game I've bought in the last year was the new Risk game (pretty cool game, and not really graphics-driven so it plays great for P2).

However, it's graphics are not that good. If you are a graphics whore (and it sounds like you are), then the Final Fantasty games on the PS2 have the best RPG graphics. I'd say the majority of multiplatform games look best on the Xbox, but that isn't always the case- many EA games were created using the PS2 and then ported to Xbox not taking advantage of it's capabilities. Ditto Metal Gear Solid:SOL which looks better and runs with a smoother framerate on PS2.

I'm not trying to diss the Xbox, as I'll admit is has many graphical standouts, but you should explore a bit more PS2 titles before generalizing that they all look worse than Xbox ones.

I've actually got quite a few P2 games. It's just that I rarely play them anymore. The very best of the are passable, but my newer P2 games mostly can't compare graphically with my oldest Xbox games.

Maybe I am a graphics whore! I didn't set out to be, but once I saw how much better the 'box was I've just found it hard to go back. Believe me, it's been very painful to admit, as I've been a PS whore since virtually day one of the first PSX. My brother bought a 'box first and I'd make my excused for the P2; you know, the standard ones (it was out first, more games, etc etc). But in the end I had to admit it just can't compete. No knock, it really was out for awhile. State of the art is a moving target- the last console to market will have the technical edge. Consoles are like fossiles: like a fly in amber, they show what was happening technically at the moment they were finalized.

I liken it to have B(l)ose speakers then hearing a buddies Maggies one day- try as you might, you just can't shake off the experience. At that you can kid yourself or you can acknowledge that your world has changed!